Link love: Sources on Compiling a Linux Kernel

I previously wrote about when you’re probably going to compile a Linux kernel. I admit that I am not an expert on this topic but I’d like to point out some things that would eventually prove to be useful or at least give you an idea as to how you could do this.

HowToForge.com has a bunch of how to compile a Linux kernel for several distros:

• How to compile a kernel the Fedora way
• How to compile a kernel the Ubuntu way
• How to compile a kernel the CentOS way
• How to compile a kernel the Debian way
• How to compile a kernel the SuSE way

Digital Hermit has a rather long guide but it covers compiling both 2.4 and 2.6 Linux kernels. So whether your Linux distro is using whichever kernel, this guide might be quite useful for you.

Another important thing to note is that configuring the kernel could seem to be a daunting task. But here’s an article from Linux Headquarters with some screenshots that would give you an idea what it looks like to configure a kernel.

I’d try to look for other resources which I’d post another time. But for now, I hope that these links will help you in configuring and compiling a new kernel. I hope you find them readable and easy to follow!